Longinus

American  

[lon-jahy-nuhs] / lɒnˈdʒaɪ nəs /

noun

1. Dionysius Cassius a.d. 213?–273, Greek philosopher and rhetorician.

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Longinus British  

/ lɒnˈdʒaɪnəs, lɒnˈdʒɪnɪən /

noun

1. Dionysius (ˌdaɪəˈnɪsɪəs). ?2nd century _ad , supposed author of the famous Greek treatise on literary criticism, On the Sublime

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Other Word Forms

• Longinean
  adjective

Example Sentences

Experts said they believe the coin was likely discovered more than a decade ago in an area of current-day Greece where Brutus and his civil war ally, Gaius Cassius Longinus, were encamped with their army.

From New York Times • Mar. 22, 2023

There are currently three lance-heads that are claimed by their owners to be the original Holy Lance of Longinus.

From Salon • Mar. 4, 2016

The Holy Lance, or Spear of Destiny, was the iron pilum used by the Roman legionnaire Longinus to pierce Christ’s side as he hung on the cross, to see if he had died.

From Salon • Mar. 4, 2016

It has probably been mentioned in almost every account of the sublime since Longinus quoted it in his work on Elevation of Style.

From Oxford Lectures on Poetry by Bradley, Andrew Cecil

If a Man must not only have Politeness, but a Genius, what will become of Aristotle and Longinus, Bossu and Dacier?

From An Essay on Criticism by Oldmixon, John